Freight-car



E. DIMOND.

FREIGHT GAR APPLICATION FILED MAR.7,1921.

Patented July 19, 1921.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR=Z.1921.

1 85,206. Patented July 19, 1921.

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Application filed Karen 7,

To all it may concem:

Be it known that I, EMIL DIMOND, a resident of Providence, Providence county,

State of Rhode Island, and a citizen of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in freightcars, one ofthe objects being to provide-a freight car that can be rapldly 'loaded and also one that will transport goods with less danger of breakage. jMy

1 improved freight car is arrangfd so as to 15 t at is to say, in order to oods that are to be Fy occurs that in order to remove goods from a freight car, at a iven point, other oodshave to be removedn' rom the car t is necessitates double eliminate rehandling of goods,

gain access to other handling, as the oods, intended for some other points of distribution, have to again placed in the-car. My improved freight car is arranged so that the chances of theft are atly reduced, as will hereinafter be set i th; also shifting of the contents of the a car is to a large extent obviated.

To carry out in invention I provide a car having open si es and partitions extendmgtransversely of the car to provide a I plurality of compartments. In combination with the car described, I employ closed fit within same.

truck is loaded. When in position within trucks, or relatively small cars, there being a truckfor each partition arranged to closely These closed trucks have doors in the sides thereof through which the the compartments, the. ends of the trucks form Fi. 1; lg. 3 1s a sectional plan the sides of the car. As the trucks will be disposed transversely of the car, the doors thereof will 'be protected by the partitions, and cannot be openedfwhile the trucks are located within the compartments. The

trucks will be rolled into the compartments, being provided with wheels for thepurpose. Other features of improvement will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying, drawings which form part of this s ification:---

're 1 is a si e view of my improved car- Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view, the section being taken on a line 22 in view of one of gear 27 rotatably car such as herein descri Patented July 19, 1921. 1921. Serial 110. 450,244.

the trucks the secti bein taken on a 3-3inFi:g.4; g hm Fig. 4 Is an enlarged vertical sectional view, the section being taken on a line 4-4 n F 1g. 3, the raising and lowering mechan1sn 1 belng omitted;

Fig. 5 is a similar view, the section being taken one. line 5-5 inFlg. 3; and

Fig. 6 1s a fragmentary detail view of one end of one of the trucks.

Referring to Fig.. 1,my invention cona freight car made up of afloor member 7, end members 8 and 9, a top 10 and a luralityof transverse partitions 11 to row e a plurality of compartments 12.

ach compartment 12 is designed to receive a truck 13' carrying wheels 14 and 15. The wheels 14 of each truck are mounted on sprlngs 16 (see Fig.4) while the wheels 15 are carried by a swivel frame 17, in order that the trucks 13 can be steered. Each truck 13 consists of end members 18 and 19 and side members 20 and 21 having doors 22. Further elements of the trucks are the bottom member 23 and platform 24 which carries the wheels 14 and 15. The box porplattion of each truck 13 is connected to its form '24 by threaded posts-25. Each post 25 engages the threaded hub 26 of a wormsupported by a bearing the platform 24. -Each gear a worm 29. The worms 29 28 carried b 27 is engage b are carried by shafts 30 which are rotated in unison by'a shaftf31,*which in turn carries a worm gear 32 operated b a worm 33. The worm 33 is supported y;a shaft 34 operated by a crank 35 indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The crank 35 is detachable and is applied only at such times as will be hereinafter set forth. Each end of shaft 31 carries a gear 36 meshing with a similar gear 37 on the adjacent enrlof each shaft 30. When shaft 31 is operated, shafts 30 will be operated to rotate the worm gears 27 which in turn will raise or lower, as the case may be, the threaded posts 25 carried by the box portion of the truck 13.

"The object of the elevating and lowering mechanism, consisting of the posts 25 and associated gearing described, 1s to elevate or lower the box'portion of the truck 13. When a truckis to be transported from place to place upon a platform or a floor or within a room, such as a storeroom, or is to .be placed in a compeaflment 12 of a d, the box por-.

,tion of the truck will be elevated so that be wheeled into the compartments 12 from I the floor 23 be prevented.

a platform suitably positioned relative to the floor 7 of the car. After a truck has been wheeled into a compartment, the box thereof will be lowered by operating the crank 35, which at such a time willbe applied to the shaft 84, until the lower edges 38 rest upon the floor 7 of the car and the wheels slightly raised therefrom, .as indicated 'in Figs. 1 and 2. The truck box will now rest upon the floor of the car and not upon the wheels 14 and 15; hence, it will remain secure. When the trucks are within the compartments 12, the doors 22 cannot be opened, as they are not accessible. The end walls of the trucks form the end walls of the compartments after the trucks are moved into the compartments When a truck is to be removed from a compartment, the handle '35 will be applied to the shaft 34 of the truck to be removed and the box portion of said truck will be raised to cause the lower edge 88 to clear 'the floor 7 and the wheels 14 and, 15 to contact with the floor. After the aboi'xe has been accomplished, the truck can be wheeled out of the compartment onto a suitable platform or other support. Y

It will of course, be understood that the trucks will be loaded exteriorly of the compartments 12 and moved thereto. To facilitate the handling or wheeling of the trucks, same may be provided with handles 39.

After. having arrived at a point of distribution, the truck containing the goods for the said point can be removed from its compartment without disturbing the remaining trucks; hence,- undue delay and labor can By referring to 4, it will be seen that o the box portion of the truck 13 is located some distance from the lower edges 38 in order to provide space for the platform 24 and gearing supported. thereby.

Having described my invention,what I vclaim is 1. The combination, of a freight car open at the sides thereof, partitions extending transversely thereof toprovlde compartbox upon its wheels after the loading thereof, each box or out ofsaid compartments, a closed box carried by each'platform' having openings forloading same, and means to lower each it has been moved into a compartment to cause said box to rest upon a portion of the car.

2. The combination of a freight car open at the sides thereof, partitions extending transversely thereof to provide compartments, platforms having wheels, arranged to be moved into or out of said compartments, a closed box permanently connected to each platform and having) openings for eing arranged to be raised or lowered upon its platform, and means carried by each platform to opcrate its box to cause said box to rest upon a portion of the car after the box has been moved into a compartment. 3. In combination with a freight car, a closed box, wheels permanently connected thereto to enable the box to be moved onto the freight 'car and means to lower the box upon its wheels to cause it to rest upon a.

anism connecting the platform and body 1 portion of the truck, depending elements associated with the body of the truck, and means to actuate the raising and lowering mechanism to cause the depending elements of the truck body to contact with the ground Or to clear the same. i

5. A truck consisting of a closed body portion, a platform thereunder and permanently connected thereto, the sides and ends of the body portion enveloping said platform and extendingbelow same, wheels carried by the platform, threaded posts carried by the body portion, a worm ear having a threaded hub engaging eaci post, a worm engaging each worm gear, and means to operate said worms to actuate the gears meshed therewith to raise or lower the posts carried by the body portion of the truck,

whereby the depending sides and ends of 

